The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-10

NORTHWESTERN NEWS,


NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered from
Various Localities.
IOWA.
sOld Zion" the rst brick Methodist
church built in Iowa, located at Burlington,
has recently been transformed into .
theater.
The law granting State certificates Of in
corporation went into effect July /, 1885,
and since that time 567 certificates have
been granted to State and 1873 to foreign
incorporatorA
A. J. Graham, editor Of the Red Oak In
dependent, was found dead In his office tho
other evening. A bottle labeled tincture
of aconite was near. He bought the poison
in the morning, telling the druggist he
wanted it for friend In the country for
medicine Temporary insanity was tho
cause.
Tho harness and saddlery house of Muel-
ler 4 Nepper, III Sioux City, made an assign
ment the other day Liabilities $11. 1000;
assets, $22, ,OOO
The pharmaceutical certificate OIL J. An
derson, druggist at Humboldt, was revoked
recently because, during two months' alb
sence in Chicago, his store was run by an
unregistered young man. Anderson can
not engage in the drug business In Iowa
again.
The State Supreme Court has decided
that the law reorganixing the grand Jury
OF the State is constitutional.
John Danny, at one time q weil-to-do
citizen Of LIE Mars, but for the past two
years an inmate of the Plymouth County
Poor house, went to bed few nights ago
with lighted pipe The bed-clothes
| caught fire, and being feeble he was unable
to help mself and was burned to death
The German-Amercan Savings Bank at
Burlington has increased its capital stock
from $6O, 900 to $lOO,OOO
TIL re are POT Presbyterian Sunday
schools in the State. with an enrolment Of
80. SS7 members
The appointment is announced of George
w. Ogilvie to be super naendent Of the Des
Moines Northwestern railroad, known as
the Fonda line, and L F. Martin to be su-
perintendent Of the St Louis, DIS Moines l.
Northern, known as the Boone line.
Miss Martha Fairer, white girl. whose
parents move in good society, in Mason
City, eloped few days ago with Thomas
Jefferson, colored jockey. The young
woman's family had renounced her.
Farmers near canning factories have real
lied twenty dollars per acre this year for
the sweet corn they raised
ILLINOIS.
The following rates Of State tar for ex-
tension against the equalized assessment of
all property IN Illinois for the year 1887
have been determined upon: For general
State purposes, three and nine-tenths mills
| on each dollar; for State school purposes,
one and four-tenths mil 9 on each dollar;
| aggregating five and three-tenths mills on
each dollar.
Cracksmcn forced the post-office safe at
Petersburg the other night and stole $500
in stamps and S45 in money.
Governor Rose, Of New Mexico has re-
moved the cattle quarantine restrictions
from Illinois, except Cook County
The Soldiers Home at Quincy has ad-
mitted 624 inmates, OF whom 262 are
natives and 262 foreignera The foreign
| ers are divided as follows: Germany, 10;
Ireland, 95; England, IL, and Scotland, TO-
Two hundred and fifty-six are married OF
have living children; 81 are widowers
without cnildren and 1877 are single. The
trades and professions number 80, and
| there are 151 farmers and 1872 laborera
| A number of farmers in Pope County who
have occupied their lands Tor . quarter OF a
century were ousted few days ago by
ejectment suits brought by nonresident
| claimant&
An alleged incendiary fro destroyed the
four ice houses Of the Moline Ice Company
late the other evening Loss. 81, 500; nc
| insurance.
Edgar Fitzgerald. q fifteen-year-old son
| of. J. Fitzgerald. OF Jefferson County, was
thrown from horse and almost instantly
killed the other afternoon.
]. E. Eddy, proprietor OF the City Hotel at
Geneseo, shot himself dead few days ago.
He was nearly fifty years old and leaves q
wife and family. Financial troubles were
said to have been the cause of his act
George Wolford, of Georgetown, who had
been shamefully abusing and maitreating
his wife, was taken out by party of neigh
bors the other night, tied to q tree and
| given thorough whipping. He was then
turned over to the authorities and placed
| in Jail
| William Gaffney and Samuel Carnahan,
| Of Paris. were killed the other day by the
caving in OF gravel bank.
William Wrightman, sixty years Of ago,
died from neglect and starvation In Chicago
| . few nights ago.
Mrs Schnaubelt, mother -in-law of An
archist Schwab and mother of Rudolph
Schnaubelt the supposed bomb-thrower,
reached Chicago the other day. She came
alone from Germany.
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| WISCONSIN,.
In the redistricting Of the State the Leg.
islature made one hundred and one assem-.
bly, districts, whereas the constitution ol
Wisconsin says there shall not be te
exceed one hundred This fact wa.
not discovered until the Governor had
signed the law and the statesmen had
departed for Their homes The question
now Is whether it will be necessary to call 9
special session Of the Legislature, weed out
the obnoxious district and have the thing
legal
Five men were nearly crushed to death
recently by the falling OF . roof of log
ging-camp near Long Lake.
Governor Rusk has issued formal order
for the cleaning out OF the immoral dens al
Hurley, and promised the local authorities
al! the assistance needed
well-dressel young man named Frank
Novotny recently swindled number Of
his friends at La Crosse. He robbed his
landlord and wheedled his best girl out o.
5000
Blackhawk Tribe No. 2, Order Of Red
Men, was organized at Beloit few even
ngs ago, and the following officers were
chosen: Prophet. E D. Scott; Great Sachem
E. A. Howell; Sensior Sycamore, 4 L How
ard.
Edward b Borland, travelling agent for
Milwaukee drug house, was one Of tn,